Editorials
Penitentiary Valedictorian A Commencement Speech from Captivity to Freedom
I’ve written a lot of stories. Seven years ago, this very publication – The West Texas Tribune, was the first newspaper that printed my work, outside of my school paper in college. I was a beat reporter for the sports page and eventual sports editor for The Rambler at my Alma Mater, Texas Wesleyan…
Read MoreNovember and other Elections
By Joe Starkey Who should I vote for? Should I choose a person whose face looks like mine? Should I choose a person that goes to my church? Or should I look very carefully at what the person says and even more carefully, at what the person does, to make sure that their standards and…
Read MoreThe Ten Commandments – Are They Relevant for Today?
September 8,2019 9 pm By Dale Miller Peer Counselor Abilene, Texas With all the social media available today it seems that getting the Word of God out in something more than a blurb or blip or sound byte, can be a challenge. Often folks just don’t agree with what your opinion is or even…
Read MoreA Message to Mayor Pete from a Latina Mama: “Don’t Force Your Sexual Ideology on Me and My Children”
Yes, be polite to us, and we will be polite to you. But we know that we are in an intense battle over the hearts and minds of our children. Mothers are very good at educating and protecting our children from harm when we believe they are in danger. This time, that danger is the…
Read MorePrescription Drug Pricing: Safety of Savings? Why not BOTH?
Despite the ever-growing partisan divide, an olive branch extends across both sides of the aisle with the unifying initiative to address prescription drug pricing. While everyday American’s pocketbook peril at their local pharmacy is rarely publicized, the price gouging of the EpiPen and other specialty drugs make national headlines as profit margins soar up to…
Read MoreElizabeth Warren Responds to Biden Allegations: “I Believe Lucy Flores” A Nevada Democrat accused the former vice president of touching her inappropriately.
Former Nevada State Rep. Lucy Flores (D) accused former Vice President Joe Biden of touching her inappropriately when he campaigned for her in 2014. Before a campaign event for Flores’ lieutenant governor bid, Biden allegedly came up to her from behind, put his hands on her shoulders, smelled her hair, and kissed her on the…
Read MoreEven Fox News Isn’t Buying Trump’s “No Obstruction” Lie About the Mueller Report “Why is the president telling Americans something that is not true?”
President Donald Trump has two talking points about the Mueller report: “No collusion” and “No obstruction.” Only the first is based in reality. Mueller’s report “does not exonerate” Trump on the “difficult issues” surrounding whether the president obstructed justice, according to passages of the report quoted in Attorney General William Barr’s memo to Congress. Fox News anchor…
Read MoreWhat Is Fit For A KING?
When a Man owns everything, What will you offer Him as a gift?When a Man is the inventor of everything, What will your hands make in His honor?When a Man is worthy of constant praise,What time will you set apart to worship Him?When a Man is the inventor of all music,What song shall be played…
Read MoreWhite On White Crime: An Unspoken Tragedy
By Kerry Coddett , Mon., August 1, 2016 The ugly truth is white on white crime does exist. It is a growing pandemic in the white community, and if we don’t call attention to this problem soon, there will be no more white people left to run the world. Most of the conversation surrounding crime involves…
Read MoreA MOTHER’S PRAYER
She has not really seen daylight since the last storm hit.Dazed and confused in the world waking up to her job.A never ending 8 to 9pm shift where her smile stayed lit.And satisfied customers bought only name brands at her shop. {{more}}The whirlwind was tough the last time with knee deep waterThat created floods that…
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